Girl, also used for boys · Punjabi (from Sanskrit) · Sikh
Navkiran
ਨਵਕਿਰਨSay it nuv-KI-run
- Meaning today
- New ray of light
- Original meaning
- "nav (new) joined with kiran (a ray of light): new ray" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- nuv-KI-run
- Written
- ਨਵਕਿਰਨ
Navkiran
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Navkiran meaning
Navkiran (ਨਵਕਿਰਨ) is a Sikh girl's name of Punjabi origin (from Sanskrit), also used for boys.
Nav (new) joined with kiran (a ray of light): new ray
Also used to mean: new ray of light
Navkiran (ਨਵਕਿਰਨ) is built from nav, new, and kiran, a ray of light. The Mahan Kosh, under the spelling ਕਿਰਣ, describes a kiran as the finest line of light and adds that the word can also stand for the sun; the word appears in the Guru Granth Sahib at Ang 1018. So the name reads "new ray of light", much like the Hindu name Kiran with a Punjabi prefix. Navkiran is mostly a girls' name in Sikh families, though some boys carry it too.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਕਿਰਣ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਕਿਰਣ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਨਵ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 844 · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1018
How the name is built
- Nav ਨਵ: new; also nine (Sanskrit nava)
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 844 - Kiran ਕਿਰਣ: a ray of light; also the sun
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 1018